Twenty-one FINALISTS have been named in the third annual SACRAMENTO REGION INNOVATION AWARDS.

Join the celebration! WINNERS will be revealed during the AWARDS LUNCHEON on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at the Hilton Sacramento Arden West. Tickets, tables, and sponsorships are now available. Early bird discounts end Oct 10th. REGISTER HERE

A special “Innovation of the Year” award for Wide Open Walls — a Sacramento-based arts and mural festival founded by David Sobon in 2015 — will spotlight innovation beyond business and technology and recognize the important link between cultural values and thriving economic markets. Past recipients honored for having a broad and profound impact on the greater Sacramento innovation community include Golden 1 Center and the University of California, Davis. Keep reading

Nematode pheromones: Pheronym founders told Leanna about our technology, the science behind, where we are in our product development, why we are pursuing it, and how the California startup ecosystem helps us to move forward. Keep reading

FoodBytes! by Rabobank, the next-generation food and agriculture pitch competition-meets-networking platform, has unveiled the twenty startups selected for FoodBytes! NYC. The competition returns to NYC for the third time on October 18.